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How Would You Live Your Life if You Knew You Were Going to Die?

Find Your Passion · Passion- it's a buzz word that people love to use, yet so few truly emulate. · When I was 20 years old, I was bored one night, ...

What Really Matters at the End of Life, by BJ Miller - DailyGood

I'm a physician now, a hospice and palliative medicine doc, so I've seen care from both sides. And believe me: almost everyone who goes into healthcare really ...

People Who Are Suicidal Don't Want to Die, They Just Want the Pain ...

The brain is a blessing, but yet can also be a wicked thing when it comes to mental health. I deal with depression on a day-to-day basis, have ...

GUEST COLUMN: When Dying Seems Easier Than Living

Mental health advocate and peer counselor Brianna N. Castro is writing a guest column in honor of Suicide Prevention Awareness Month.

"A good death": We like the idea, but how often does this really ...

For most people who die, death isn't good. It usually comes with sadness, fear, pain, confusion, incontinence and many other problems.

When You Feel Like You're Going Nowhere and Life Has No Point

Do you wonder how you can keep going and keep everything together when it feels like you're doing nothing, going nowhere, and living some life you weren't meant ...

Opinion | The Trauma of Being Alive - The New York Times

TALKING with my 88-year-old mother, four and a half years after my father died from a brain tumor, I was surprised to hear her questioning ...

Is There Life (or Anything) After Death? - Philosophy Talk

People believe in the afterlife because they don't like the idea of dying. It's a comforting fantasy – nothing more.

At the end – dying explained - Better Health Channel

There are some common signs when a person is nearing death. On this page. The last few weeks of someone's life ...

Yes, People Can Die From Giving Up on Life

A study published in ScienceDirect examined the condition, which "describes people who respond to traumatic stress by developing extreme apathy, ...

How to Live When You Know You're Dying - Vaneetha Risner

How should we live when we know that we are going to die? How can we overcome the fear of death and live with hope in Christ even as we ...

Suicide is about perceived relief - Mayo Clinic Health System

People considering suicide often don't actually want to die. Instead, they want relief from mental pain. Learn how you can help.

Spending Your Entire Life Wanting to Die - VICE

Daphne Merkin opens This Close to Happy (Farrar, Straus, Giroux), her new memoir about living with depression and its tangled causes and effects, with a ...

Suffering and the Meaning of Life (Full Conversation)

Evan Rosa interviews Elizabeth Hall and Lynn Underwood in a discussion the psychological reality of suffering and how it either contributes to or detracts from ...

Why Does God Let People Die? - Hope Radio KCMI 97.1

My father was tireless and relentless-studying the Bible every chance he got. He loved apologetics and kept up to date with all the new ...

The process of dying | healthdirect

In the days before death, people often begin to lose control of their breathing. It's common for people to be very calm in the hours before they die. On this ...

The Truth about Wanting to Die | The Walrus

If you or someone you know is having a suicide crisis, please call the Canada Suicide Prevention Service (1-833-456-4566), which offers 24/7 ...

Themes of Suffering in Later Life | The Journals of Gerontology

Abstract. Objectives. This qualitative research study explored the personal meaning of suffering to a group of 40 community-dwelling elders, stratified by.

What's the best way to die? - The Wilson Quarterly

Turns out, a painless death is a pretty American way to think about dying. Jim Cleary, a physician in Madison, Wisconsin, specializes in palliative care, cancer ...

The Inescapable Truth - Dignity in Dying

High doses of pain relief are associated with symptoms such as drowsiness, hallucinations, nausea, vomiting. Constipation is a common and ...